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This week a team of archaeologists with the URS Corporation dug up evidence of a 19th century graveyard associated with the oldest African American church in the country, Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church. Archaeologists working at the site have found evidence… Read More ›

The same archaeologists, who excavated the grave of Richard III, have found a lead coffin within a stone casket in the same car park of the previous discovery. You can see pics here and here. The Huffington Post article has… Read More ›

Earlier this month, Polish archaeologists unearthed the remains of seven skeletons near the town of Gliwice in Poland. The heads of these individuals were either removed during execution or during a bizarre burial ritual. At the time of burial, each… Read More ›

A Caucasian skull, found near the banks of the Manning River on the eastern coast of Australia in 2011, could rewrite the history of European contact for the continent. Captain Cook is given credit as the first European to land… Read More ›